the dallas cowboys josh brent will be in court this morning. we're hearing from brent for the first time this morning. abc's clayton sandell has the story. >> reporter: police say that dallas cow boirs player josh brent was speeding down this road, just after 2:00 a.m., when his mercedes crashed, flipped and caught fire. in the passenger seat, his teammate, jeff brown. >> when our aefsers arrived on screen, mr. brent was dragging mr. brown from the car. >> brent was given and failed field sobriety tests. brown was rushed to a hospital where he died. >> once the officers learned that brown had passed away then mr. price-brent was under arrest for intoxication manslaughter. >> on behalf of josh, a tremendous loss to him. this was like losing a little brother. >> reporter: it's not the first time that brent has been charged with drinking and driving. he was arrested in college and sentenced to 60 days behind bars. from his jail cell overnight he released a statement. saying, will live with this horrific and tragic loss every day for the rest of my